by Kacey Y » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:47 am
Unfortunately I start work before he starts school, so I'm not able to see him off. We share one car though, so he comes along to drop me off to work. I also got to talk to him about it a lot over the last week. I talked to him about last night while tucking him in and this morning when he woke up. He's been generally very excited, although he started pitching a fit and saying he didn't want to leave when it was time to go this morning. Which is not unusual, that's just almost anytime we get in the car to go anywhere. My wife posted an update on FB just now about dropping him off and her trying not to cry and she asked him if he wanted a hug and a kiss and he said "No, see you later mommy!" and ran off to explore his school room. I'm lucky that I've had a lot of time with my kids, I've been away from the oldest maybe 3 or 4 days in his life and never with our baby. Him going off to school doesn't effect MY day that much, I don't see him all day anyway, but my wife hasn't worked since he was born and this will be the first time she's had extended time away from him, for better or worse.
So yeah, lots of mixed emotions, but I'm glad that he's going to experience a lot of new things and types of people. I didn't like school very much, but my parents also weren't very involved or encouraging, so hopefully he'll have more positive experiences.
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